Improved crib and chair



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN IG. SMALL, OF BERLIN, WISCONSIN.

IMPRovED CRIB AND cl-lAlR.-

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 59,087, dated October 23, 1866.-

To all whom it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, JoHN E. SMALL, of the city of Berlin, county of Green Lake, and State' `"hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the construction and operation thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, which said drawings and letters are hereby made a part of this specification.

In constructing this article I make the back, the seat, the legs, and the rockers the sanne as in an ordinary rocking-chair.

The arms (marked aa in the drawings) are allowed to drop by means of the joints b b. To these arms I attach folding racks, (marked c c in the drawings.) These racks may be raised when the arms are dropped, the arms thus forming portions of the bottom, and the racks c c forming the railing of the ends of a childs crib or cradle. I also attach pieces of leather, cloth, or other equivalent material from the back of the chair tothe pieces c c, as

seen at d d in the drawings, thns inclosing one side of the cradle. I next attach to the front of the seat the folding side piece or rack (marked c in the drawings) by means of dowel-pins fixed in the rack and inserted in the seat atf f f. The whole is then ready for use as a crib or cradle. If it is desired to use this article as a rocking-chair, I fold the parts c c to the arms a a, raise the arms npright, and fasten them to the back of the chair by means of springs, bolts, hooks, or other equivalent device, as seen att' i i iin the drawings. I thcn disen gage the side piece, e, from pose set forth.

p JOHN E. SMALL. Witnesses Trios. G. RYAN,

AARON FRAZIER. 

